TAM 251: Introductory Solid Mechanics

 

Lecture notes are posted in the schedule below
Lecture recordings link

Our quiz window is Thursday - Saturday. We will also have quiz retries, 1 week after each first try quiz. The schedule bellow shows the week of each first try quiz

Week Day Date Lectures CBTF Quiz
(Subject to Changes!)

HW Due Date
(Subject to Changes!)

 Worksheet
1 M Aug 23

Introduction & Course Overview
Post-lecture Notes

     WS #1: Introduction and Review of Statics
1 W Aug 25

Statics Review
Ch01-Prelecture
Post-lecture Notes

    
1 F Aug 27

Normal Stress
Post-lecture Notes

   HW #0: Statics review
2 M Aug 30

Shear Stress
Post-lecture Notes

     WS #2: Elbow Joint
2 W Sep 1

Stress Design
Post-lecture Notes

   HW #1: Stress
  F Sep 3

Strain
Ch02-Prelecture
Post-lecture Notes

    
3 M Sep 6

No class - Labor Day

     WS #3: Tailgate
3 W Sep 8

Material Properties
Ch03-Prelecture
Post-lecture Notes

   HW #2: Strain
3 F Sep 10

Material Properties
Post-lecture Notes

Quiz 1: Stress and Strain

  
4 M Sep 13

Axial Loading
Ch04-Prelecture
Post-lecture Notes

     WS #4: Bridge
4 W Sep 15

Axial loading
Post-lecture Notes

   HW #3: Material properties and axial loading - Part 1
4 F Sep 17

Axial loading
Post-lecture Notes

    
5 M Sep 20

Axial loading
Post-lecture Notes

     WS #5: Wind Turbine
5 W Sep 22

Torsion
Ch05-Prelecture
Post-lecture Notes

   HW #4: Axial loading - Part 2
5 F Sep 24

Torsion
Post-lecture Notes

Quiz 2: Material Properties and Axial Loading

  
6 M Sep 27

Torsion
Post-lecture Notes

     WS #6: Torsion Bar
6 W Sep 29

Torsion
Post-lecture Notes

   HW #5: Torsion - Part 1
6 F Oct 1

Shear and moment diagrams
Ch06-Prelecture
Post-lecture Notes

    
7 M Oct 4

Shear and moment diagrams
Post-lecture Notes

    

WS #7: Internal forces statics review

Stress Concentration Visualization
7 W Oct 6

Torsion review
Post-lecture Notes

   HW #6: Torsion - Part 2
7 F Oct 8

Beams in bending
Post-lecture Notes

Quiz 3: Torsion

  
8 M Oct 11

Beams in bending
Post-lecture Notes

    

WS #8: Bicycle!

Bike Chain Animation (Source: Fox Mahoney Youtube)
8 W Oct 13

Transverse shear
Ch07-Prelecture
Post-lecture Notes

   HW #7: Normal stress in beams
8 F Oct 15

Transverse shear
Post-lecture Notes

    
9 M Oct 18

Transverse shear
Post-lecture Notes

     WS #9: Boom Crane
9 W Oct 20

Beams bending and transverse shear review
Post-lecture Notes

   HW #8: Transverse shear in beams
9 F Oct 22

Pressure vessels
Ch08-Prelecture
Post-lecture Notes

Quiz 4: Beam Bending and Transverse Shear

  
10 M Oct 25

Combined loading
Post-lecture Notes

     WS #10: Beam Design
10 W Oct 27

Combined loading
Post-lecture Notes

  

 
10 F Oct 29

Combined loading
Post-lecture Notes

    
11 M Nov 1

Stress transformation
Ch09-Prelecture
Post-lecture Notes

     WS #11: Pipe System
11 W Nov 3

Combined loading review
Post-lecture Notes

   HW #9: Combined loading
11 F Nov 5

Stress transformation
Post-lecture Notes

Quiz 5: Combined Loading

  
12 M Nov 8

Stress transformation
Post-lecture Notes
Extra practice - combined loading

     WS #12: Mohr's Circle
12 W Nov 10

Failure theories
Ch10-Prelecture
Post-lecture Notes

   HW #10: Stress transformation
12 F Nov 12

Beam deflection
Ch12-Prelecture
Post-lecture Notes

    
13 M Nov 15

Beam deflection
Post-lecture Notes

    

WS #13: Tongs

 
13 W Nov 17

Beam deflection
Post-lecture Notes

   HW #11: Beam deflection - Part 1
13 F Nov 19

No class

 

  
Nov 20-28 Fall Break
14 M Nov 29

Stress transformation, failure theories, beam deflection review
Post-lecture Notes

     WS #14
14 W Dec 1

Online Quiz 6

 Quiz 6: Stress Transformation, Failure Theories, and Beam Deflection HW #12: Beam deflection - Part 2
14 F Dec 3

Buckling
Ch13-Prelecture
Post-lecture Notes

 

  
15 M Dec 6

Buckling
Post-lecture Notes

      
15 W Dec 8

Online Quiz 6 Retry

   HW #13: Buckling
15 F Dec 10

No Class

    

Final exam: 1:30pm-4:30pm., Thursday Dec. 16 (Online)